WMT Investors Plan Iowa Based Purchase Of Station
A Iowa led group including Billie Mitchell and Joan Edwards purchases WMT in Cedar Rapids with other members Vic McGill Rick Sellers and Rick Stastny. The deal emphasizes local ownership with financing from Iowa banks and no immediate programming changes. The station traces its history to 1922 as WJAM and now shares a building with KGAN-TV.
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Billie
Mitchell
Joan
Vic McGill
Rick Sellers
Rick Stastny
Edwards
Iowa Association of Broadcasters
Iowa
Norwest Banks of
Brenton Banks
Ray
Life Investors
WMT
Drake University
KGRN
Grinnell
WJAM
Waterloo
Cowles
Des Moines
KWCR
Cedar Rapids
American Broadcast Stations Inc
Washington, D.C
Orion Broadcasting
Louisville
Cosmos
Guy Gannett Broadcasting
Portland
Maine
Kgan-Tv
Broadcast Park
Cocaine dangers grow as new forms spread and use rises
Medical officials warn cocaine causes strokes heart attacks and narrowed arteries. First time use can be fatal, risk worsens with stress or impurities. Data show past year use fluctuating among youths but rising cocaine related emergencies from 1981 to 1985 with projections of about 13000 cases this year as crack becomes prevalent.
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Macdonald
University of Michigan
Charles Schuster
National Institute On Drug Abuse
Schuster
Hijackers Convicted in Achille Lauro Case by Italian Court
In a three week trial in Sicily, Palestinian hijackers were convicted for kidnapping leading to death. Youssef Magied al Molqi and Ibrahim Fatyer Abdela tif faced long terms. Ahmad Marrouf al Assadi received 15 years. Others including Ozzuddin Badrakkam and Ziad el Omar received life sentences.
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Palestine Liberation Front
Palestine Liberation Organization
Washington
State Department
Bernard Kalb
United States
Leon Klinghoffer
Kalb
U.S
Achille Lauro
Egypt
Israel
Klinghoffer
Tunisia
Sicily
Bassam al-Ashker
Youssef Magied al-Molqi
al-Molqi
Ibrahim Fatyer
Molqi
Abdelatif
Palestine
PLO
Yasser
Arafat
Lino Monteverde
Abbas
Ozzuddin Badrakkam
Ziad el Omar
Mohammad Issa Abbas
Mowffaq
Gandura
ANSA
Fugitive in Killing Motive Appears Unclear
Police described a fatal shooting involving Chaney as the suspect after Smith and Garonda Williams were fired upon. Williams survived while Chaney fled with a third man, who drove the car away after the shots. Chaney and Cassandra Bizzell were later detained in Iowa as investigators pursued leads.
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Chaney
Smith
Garonda Williams
Murphy
Williams
Robert Smith
Cassandra Bizzell
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